Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
DeepSeek R1 Zero leads with 27.3% higher average benchmark score. Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct supports multimodal inputs. Overall, DeepSeek R1 Zero is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
DeepSeek
DeepSeek-R1-Zero was introduced as an experimental variant trained with minimal human supervision, designed to develop reasoning patterns through self-guided reinforcement learning. Built to explore how models can discover analytical strategies independently, it represents research into autonomous reasoning capability development.
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2.5-VL 32B was developed as a mid-sized vision-language model, designed to balance multimodal capability with practical deployment considerations. Built with 32 billion parameters for vision and language integration, it serves applications requiring strong visual understanding without flagship-scale resources.
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DeepSeek R1 Zero
DeepSeek
2025-01-20

Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
2025-02-28
Average performance across 1 common benchmarks

DeepSeek R1 Zero

Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct
Available providers and their performance metrics

DeepSeek R1 Zero

Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct

DeepSeek R1 Zero

Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct